#53D3E7#53D3E7

#53D3E7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.114 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D3E7
RGB	rgb(83, 211, 231)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -29.00, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 35.38, 214.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0993 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.114 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2793, 54.1926, 83.8705)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D3E7 #E76753

analogous

#53E7B1 #53D3E7 #5389E7

triadic

#53D3E7 #E753D3 #D3E753

tetradic

#53D3E7 #B153E7 #E76753 #89E753

square

#53D3E7 #B153E7 #E76753 #89E753

split-complementary

#53D3E7 #E75389 #E7B153

monochromatic

#1795A8 #1FC4DE #53D3E7 #89E1EE #BEEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#53D3E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#53D3E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D3E7

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D3E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D3E7	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CCE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d3e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 211, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.114 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1ee',
    500: '#53d3e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d3e7;
$custom-light: #93e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d3e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.108,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80403,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D3E7

secondary

#AA4434

accent

#290ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D3E7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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